Students Are Finally Realizing Law School Might Be A Terrible Idea

[bayareamike]

9. Those schools are a part of the problem.

As a student at a highly ranked T1 school, I can tell you that for the most elite schools job prospects are still very, very strong. However, even in the T1 there are plenty of students (some of whom were my peers) that struggled to find work.

Those going to even lower ranked schools (T2 and below -- I can't even imagine going to a T3/T4 like Cooley or, God forbid, the University of Phoenix School of Law) are simply screwing themselves. It costs just as much to go to one of those terrible schools as it does to go to HLS, except HLS will get you a six figure job and enable you to make partner.

Simply put, those non-ABA schools with no LSAT requirements are predatory institutions. Firms do not hire from those schools and that's what matters. We need fewer law schools, not more. Unfortunately, law school is big business because uninformed people believe that going to law school is still a "golden ticket" when it is in fact a terrible, terrible investment if done incorrectly. Those T2/T3/T4 schools take advantage of such ignorance.